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SynthesisBMC pediatrics2013

Prevalence of low back pain in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis.

Inmaculada Calvo-Muñoz, Antonia Gómez-Conesa, Julio Sánchez-Meca

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Synthesis in BMC pediatrics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07489638 (Effects of a Physiotherapist-Led School-Based Back-Health Education Program on Postural Habits, Physical Activity, Electronic Device Use, and Spinal Pain in Schoolchildren With and Without Symptoms), which is not on this map. Cited by 139 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07489638 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Effects of a Physiotherapist-Led School-Based Back-Health Education Program on Postural Habits, Physical Activity, Electronic Device Use, and Spinal Pain in Schoolchildren With and Without Symptoms

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of VigoRan2019 to 2025Enrolled317ConditionsBack Pain, Spinal PainArmsPostural Education Workshop
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  20. PROPOSAL AND TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY OF A SCALE FOR CERVICAL, THORACIC, AND LUMBAR SPINE PAIN IN BRAZILIAN YOUNG PEOPLE.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2019
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79 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Inmaculada Calvo-MuñozDepartment Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Espinardo Campus, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain. inmaculada.calvo@um.es
Antonia Gómez-Conesa
Julio Sánchez-Meca

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow back pain (LBP) is common in children and adolescents, and it is becoming a public health concern. In recent years there has been a considerable increase in research studies that examine the prevalence of LBP in this population, but studies exhibit great variability in the prevalence rates reported. The purpose of this research was to examine, by means of a meta-analytic investigation, the prevalence rates of LBP in children and adolescents.

methodsStudies were located from computerized databases (ISI Web of Knowledge, MedLine, PEDro, IME, LILACS, and CINAHL) and other sources. The search period extended to April 2011. To be included in the meta-analysis, studies had to report a prevalence rate (whether point, period or lifetime prevalence) of LBP in children and/or adolescents (≤ 18 years old). Two independent researchers coded the moderator variables of the studies, and extracted the prevalence rates. Separate meta-analyses were carried out for the different types of prevalence in order to avoid dependence problems. In each meta-analysis, a random-effects model was assumed to carry out the statistical analyses.

resultsA total of 59 articles fulfilled the selection criteria. The mean point prevalence obtained from 10 studies was 0.120 (95% CI: 0.09 and 0.159). The mean period prevalence at 12 months obtained from 13 studies was 0.336 (95% CI: 0.269 and 0.410), whereas the mean period prevalence at one week obtained from six studies was 0.177 (95% CI: 0.124 and 0.247). The mean lifetime prevalence obtained from 30 studies was 0.399 (95% CI: 0.342 and 0.459). Lifetime prevalence exhibited a positive, statistically significant relationship with the mean age of the participants in the samples and with the publication year of the studies.

conclusionsThe most recent studies showed higher prevalence rates than the oldest ones, and studies with a better methodology exhibited higher lifetime prevalence rates than studies that were methodologically poor. Future studies should report more information regarding the definition of LBP and there is a need to improve the methodological quality of studies.

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